here's my supplier rating/kwento for my little boy's 1st birthday party
Venue: Riverfront Residences Clubhouse - 3The function hall was really nice. Location is just right. But the admin is not so nice with us who is not a resident. They kept on insisting that there will be no parking slots for the guests but in fact they still provided us. What we don't like is they don't tell this to the other residents who had their party in the clubhouse also. And when we were trying to pay, pinapa-balik-balik pa nila kami.
Caterer: Adult: Princess Jade Catering Services c/o Dynamic Impact Events Management - 5"the food was yummy" that is what most of my guests tell me. i didn't get the chance to taste properly the food on the party itself but during our food tasting, we really loved the roast beef and south china chicken! onti na lang nauwi naman food...dami bumalik na guests..hehe
the presentation was nice also. they can provide balloons as a centerpiece for both buffet and guests tables
nice setup! they even provided me and my hubby our own food...no need to fall in line..hehe. their waiters are really nice and very prompt
they even assisted on distributing the Jollibee food for the kids which should be the job of the Jollibee employees...hay... note lang that they don't provide containers/plastics for the left-over food since they don't want to be accused of taking home the left-overs which is think is understandable. sanay lang ako na yung caterer nagpprovide...hehe
Kids: Jollibee - 1ofcourse, there is no doubt that Jollibee food will be a hit with the kids. i gave them 1 for poor service! The shangrila, pasig mercedes and pasig rotonda branch gave me a headache (i don't want to go into details kasi baka mainis lang ako ulit. hehe) and i have to report them to their main office. gladly, the main office respond promptly and the manager of the pasig mercedes branch contacted me that instant! (natakot ata..hehe) they said that pasig rotonda branch will be the one to cater our needs. but when we were paying our downpayment, they were asking us to pay an additional 250pesos for the theme favors (invites, trayliners, party hats, nametags, etc)...required daw yun! i insisted that the manager that i talked to before didn't inform me about this and i will not pay any additional for something that i will not use since i already have those things. in the end, they didn't asked me to pay for it.
while on the party itself, i told them to bring the food at around 4pm but they already brought it at 3:30PM. so, it means lalamig ang food ng mga kids. we don't have any choice but to accept it. our PP sis emie, informed the Jollibee staff to just stay downstairs and come back at exactly 4PM for the distribution of the food. but came 4PM and they were gone...i called the branch and the manager told me na pinaalis daw namin sila! hay naku, pagbalik naman ng staff nila, ang sabi naman samin kinuha lang nila yung costume ni Jollibee. very inconsistent. buti na lang nabawi ng Jollibee mascot sakit ng ulo ko sa kanila.
Host/Magician: Darwin c/o Dynamic Impact Events Management - 5He was great! but when he started the party with his balloon twisting he had a hard time catching the kids attention though puro 0-2yrs old palang yung mga kids that time. but when he started doing the games, magic show and ventri act, the kids and adults enjoyed it sooo much! he's really patient with the kids who are makukulit who kept on throwing confetti in the front of him. hehe. even our adult guests kept on raving about him!
Cake & Cupcakes: Dynamic Impact Events Management - 4.8The cake and cupcakes were really yummy and moist! The design was really nice too...very creative! i just hope i was informed before hand that the design i requested cannot be done kasi di kasya sa cake. but anyway, the outcome was still nice (actually mas nice pa sa requested design ko. hehe.)! complete pa din yung justice league characters. i love the cupcake toppers
Mascot: Jollibee - 5Jollibee was a hit with the kids especially with my little boy! oh, you should've seen my son's face light up when he saw the bibo and very lively Jollibee! i almost cry (buti na lang napigilan ko). he danced to the Jollibee theme song and stayed even the party was ended already by Darwin for the picture taking. and even danced a bit when Nobody was played. nahiga pa sya sa floor para matuwa mga kids and ma-iba naman sa pictures. nabawi nya inis ko sa service nila
Balloon Decors: c/o Dynamic Impact Events Management - 5the function hall became so lively and festive because of the balloons! even the stairs going up to the hall were all nice! if we can just bring everything home...but most of our guest, nag-aagawan sa balloons...yung iba lang malalaki na talaga and mahirap iuwi...hehe
thanks emie for the help!
Invites, nametags and guestbook: Me - 5Love your own! hehe. i designed it and had it printed at UP. for the guestbook, we had it ring bind also at UP.
Tarpaulin: Hubby - 4.5of course love your hubby's work. the rating is not perfect because of the printing shop, my son's face was a bit dark when printed....
Souvenirs: Photo Magnets by DigiGifts - 5We did the layout and had it printed at DigiGifts. They are easy to talk with and put the magnets individually in a plastic cover...they even adjusted the color when they noticed that it will be a bit dark when printed.
Photographers: Hubby, BIL, CIL, friends, officemates - 5!i think we had 10 photographers during the event all in DSLR. di ko pa nabilang yung may mga digicams lang...hehe. sis emie asked me nga: "may photo contest ka ba? dami mo photographers." hehe. i was really thankful na lahat sila willing to cover my son's party...as in feeling ko we're celebrities na pinipicturan ng mga paparazzi...hehe. actually, when i read the photo/video thread, nainggit ako coz' i can't hire a photo & video anymore because of budget constraint. but when the party started, nilabas lahat ng SLR nila and other gadgets and picture na sila ng picture. i haven't seen all the pictures but i bet they are all nice. thanks to all our dear photographers
Videographer: My dear brother - 5!again, i felt sad na we will not be having an official videographer for the event. and we were worried also that my kuya might not be able to enjoy the party since he has to cover the whole event. but good thing he did enjoy the party also while being our videographer! thanks kuya!
all in all my son's party was a huge success! everyone had fun especially the kids...it was my 1st time to plan this kind of event and i was almost in tears knowing that my son enjoyed it so much! thanks to all our GT mommies...this forum helped me a lot in my preparations! special thanks to sis emie aka bluekaren and his loving hubby dada who was sooooo helpful and very patient with my endless questions!
